I agree snxlou101 - will be more than happy to do leisure routes - haven't had a proper suntan for many years
I think that what we are seeing at LGW is how LHR will be eventually. People at LHR on the current contract will leave through retirement, pay off's etc and eventually LHR will be on the same sort of contract as LGW. May take many years and a lot of pay off's but everyone has a price - I did 10 years ago when I took severance. Look at the LHR WW trips now and compare them to how they were back in the 80's and 90's - there's a big difference.
When I was LGW based back in the 90's most of us talked about what has now happened and at the time we said "doubt it will really happen" and it has!